Presents data on the relationship between burnout and the human service workplace. A sample of 275 social workers indicated that perceptions of autonomy and influence of funding sources were the only statistically significant variables in explaining burnout. Presents burnout as a public issue that should be discussed in human service education.…

Examines the effect of Israeli secondary teachers' multiple roles and skill flexibility on three work attitudes: burnout, tendency to quit, and organizational commitment. Finds, for example, that skill flexibility mediated the effects of demographic variables (age, education, nationality, school size) on all three work attitudes. Draws…

Updates an earlier report to underscore the inadvisability of imposing large sections of freshman composition students on reluctant departments and to promote further discussion of the issues raised by the program. Discusses some of the more controversial implications raised by the program. (RS)

A putative causal relationship of cognitions to affects in different phases of teachers' stress cycles was studied for 414 elementary school teachers in Finland. Results provide only negligible support for the causal predominance of cognitions in disturbed affects; the opposite seemed to prevail. Implications for teacher satisfaction are…

Describes the benefits and drawbacks of teaching a course outside one's area of expertise. Claims this enhances faculty development and alleviates burnout. Finds the positive aspects, personal and institutional, outweigh the negative. Results show favorable student evaluations. (Author/NL)

Stereotypes of social isolation and early burnout in gifted students were studied through ratings by 66 male/61 female and 60 male/59 female college students, respectively, in two studies. Perception of the gifted, especially women, as having social problems is still prevalent, but the illusion of burnout is not. (SLD)

Thirty-six North Dakota rehabilitation counselors were surveyed to examine the relationship between burnout and expectations about selected job factors. Results indicated that burnout is negatively related to current job expectations, and positively related to job expectations at the time of initial employment and to changes in expectations.…

A survey of 124 North Carolina school superintendents revealed that reasons for high school coaches' dismissals and resignations have not significantly changed since an earlier study (1977). The principal reason for dismissal was inappropriate personal relationships. Stress and burnout are discussed and recommendations made that address these…

Administrators can help teachers avoid burnout by recognizing teaching efforts, advising without prescribing solutions, and treating all faculty in a collegial manner. Career ladders and testing have negatively affected teacher morale, whereas teacher empowerment through participative decision-making produces better results. (MLH)

Burnout stress syndrome is a complex concept reflecting a failure in both the individual's defense mechanism and in the work environment. Since child protection agencies cannot afford the costs of staff burnout, time and money spent by the organization to reduce employee stress is an investment in better service delivery. (TJQ)

Discusses the ways that seemingly minor events and incidents can provide the encouragement needed by beginning English teachers to make it through the ordeal of the first year of teaching. (HB)

A major problem with the proposed approaches to national service is that they may draw attention away from the real causes of and the feasible solutions to critical problems. Community action should involve young people in sustained, long-term empowering activities, not in one-time experiences or in work that does not challenge current power…

Surveyed 95 teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL) concerning teacher burnout, finding that the teachers surveyed showed less depersonalized attitudes toward their students than any other educator or human services group for which comparative data is available. (contains 22 references) (MDM) (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy…

An experienced teacher discusses the complexities of the profession and presents ideas to help teachers avoid burnout and cope with uncertainty. He suggests they talk with other teachers about teaching, read teachers' published writings about teaching, and write about teaching. (SM)

Students are rarely invited to become active participants in their own education. Empowering students positively affects their well-being, behavior and values, academic achievement, teachers, and understanding of democracy. Barriers to giving students more choice fall into three categories: structural impediments, teacher resistance, and student…